Apparatus and method for applying a sequence of therapeutic lights to specific points on a patient's body

Abstract

A light therapy system that exposes specific light frequencies to specific points on a patient's body. The light varies both in frequency and in length of exposure. A broad range of light frequencies are intermittently directed to chakra points on a patient's body. Selected light frequencies are sequenced for each chakra point. An adjustable apparatus is provided which can simultaneously expose multiple locations, with the ability to align each lamp to a specific location and at a specific distance from the patient's body.

1. An apparatus for applying light therapy, comprising:
 a base section, the base section further comprising: 
 control circuitry; and 
 power supply means; 
 an adjustable vertical support attached at its lower end to the base section; 
 a head unit attached to the upper end of the vertical support; 
 a plurality of lamp arms attached at their proximal end to the head unit and extending from the head unit; 
 a plurality of lamps, each lamp attached to the distal end of a lamp arm; 
 means to control activation of individual lamps in a predetermined sequence; and 
 means to control the light color output by each of the individual lamps. 
 
   
   
     2. An apparatus, as in  claim 1 , further comprising:
 means to direct the light emitted by the lamps to specific chakra points on the body of a patient using the apparatus. 
 
   
   
     3. An apparatus, as in  claim 2 , further comprising:
 means to pulse the lamps intermittently in a predetermined pattern. 
 
   
   
     4. An apparatus, as in  claim 3 , further comprising:
 means to periodically select a color from a predetermined selection of colors, and to project that color from a lamp. 
 
   
   
     5. An apparatus, as in  claim 4 , further comprising:
 means to use a prism as a primary color filter to filter the light color from the lamp. 
 
   
   
     6. An apparatus, as in  claim 5 , further comprising:
 a secondary optical color filter to filter the light from the lamp. 
 
   
   
     7. An apparatus, as in  claim 5 , wherein:
 there are seven lamp assemblies arranged in order and denominated as lamps  1  through  7 ; 
 the lamps are divided among three frequency groups, the frequency groups all share the same frequency, or each lamp or subset of lamps is part of a particular frequency group, represented by a specific color for each frequency group, the frequency groups further comprising: 
 frequency group 1 is associated with lamp assemblies  1  and  3 ; 
 frequency group 2 is associated with lamp assemblies  5  and  7 ; and 
 frequency group 3 is associated with lamp assemblies  2 ,  4  and  6 ; and 
 means to sequentially activate the lamps in a frequency group as follows: 
 group 1, then group 2, then group 1, then group 3, then group 1, then group 3, then group 1, then group 2, then group 1. 
 
   
   
     8. An apparatus, as in  claim 5 , further comprising:
 programmable means to control sequencing of the frequency groups. 
 
   
   
     9. An apparatus for applying light therapy, comprising:
 a base section, the base section further comprising: 
 control circuitry; 
 power supply means; 
 a vertical support attached at its lower end to the base section; 
 the head unit attached to the upper end of the vertical support; 
 a plurality of lamp arms attached at their proximal end to the head unit and extending from the head unit; 
 a plurality of lamps, each lamp attached to the distal end of a lamp arm; 
 means to control activation of individual lamps in a pre-determined sequence; 
 means to control the light color output by each of the individual lamps; and 
 means to direct the light emitted by the lamps to specific chakra points on the body of a patient. 
 
   
   
     10. An apparatus, as in  claim 9 , wherein:
 the vertical support is adjustable in length; 
 the lamp arms are adjustable in length; 
 the angle of the lamp arms in relation to one another are adjustable means to activate the lamps having predetermined colors in a predetermined sequencing pattern. 
 
   
   
     11. An apparatus, as in  claim 10 , further comprising:
 means to pulse the lamps in a predetermined timing pattern. 
 
   
   
     12. An apparatus, as in  claim 11 , further comprising:
 programmable means to control color and/or pulse timing sequencing. 
 
   
   
     13. An apparatus, as in  claim 12 , further comprising:
 means to use a prism as a primary color filter to filter the light color from the lamp. 
 
   
   
     14. An apparatus, as in  claim 13 , further comprising:
 a secondary optical color filter to filter the light from the lamp; and 
 a quartz crystal is used as the prism. 
 
   
   
     15. An apparatus, as in  claim 12 , wherein:
 there are seven lamp assemblies arranged in order and denominated as lamps  1  through  7 ;the lamps are divided among three frequency groups, the frequency groups all share the same frequency, or each lamp or subset of lamps is part of a particular frequency group, represented by a specific color for each frequency group, the frequency groups further comprising: 
 frequency group 1 is associated with lamp assemblies  1  and  3 ;frequency group 2 is associated with lamp assemblies  5  and  7 ; and 
 frequency group 3 is associated with lamp assemblies  2 ,  4  and  6 ; and 
 means to sequentially activate the lamps in a frequency group as follows: 
 group 1, then group 2, then group 1, then group 3, then group 1, then group 3, then group 1, then group 2, then group 1.